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#BookReview: T21 In Downs Lane by Utpal Kant Mishra

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Title: T21 In Downs Lane Author: Utpal Kant Mishra Publisher:  The Write Place Published on: 27 May 2018 Binding:  Paperback ISBN:  978-9387282353 " We are living fiction for everyone and everybody has their own interpretations about us. Every time it is far from reality and so it is not the same.' BLURB Aashima, a young journalist, befriends Jay, a ‘differently different’ son of Ayesha and Siddhartha, who has Down Syndrome. Sid’s diary, which unfolds a completely different world, pulls her deeper into Jay’s emotional turmoil. T21 in Downs Lane is an intensive narrative about the parents' struggle to give birth and raise a child with Trisomy 21. A heart rendering account, it is also a revelation of peoples' perception about Downs Syndrome. Whether it is their disdain, sympathy or curiosity, the author has captured these emotions in a realistic semblance. The insightful and factual information on Down Syndrome adds value to the ...

#BookReview : Mango People in Banana Republic by Vishak Shakti

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Title: Mango People In Banana Republic Author: Vishak Shakti Publisher: The Write Place Published on: 1st January 2018 Pages: 238 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 978-9387282179 BLURB Ravi Bhalerao is a top of the rung business strategy consultant struggling with two disquiets in life – a festering career disillusionment and a festering wound in his posterior. Stung by an unfair performance appraisal, he pulls off an outrageous stunt at his workplace, drops off the urban map and reaches his ancestral land, a village in drought-prone Vidarbha. There he encounters India in its elemental form. Convinced that his destiny is somehow entwined with that of his country, he sets off on a truth-seeking mission. On that mission, he finds love, revolution and most importantly, a redemption for the disquiet in his rear. Anand is a former physicist on a spiritual quest through esoteric India. He realizes that the path to realization is beset on all sides by gurus, their c...